Valley Club to hear about foster youth from RHS grad

Reshae Brandenburg-Cuevas (Courtesy photo)

Reshae Brandenburg-Cuevas (Courtesy photo)

A 2005 Ramona High School graduate who helped in the passage of California AB 490, the Educational Rights and Stability for Foster Youth Act, will be the guest speaker at the San Vicente Valley Club meeting on Wednesday, March 29.

Now the youth services coordinator for Just in Time for Foster Youth San Diego, Reshae Brandenburg-Cuevas will discuss services the organization provides foster youth ages 18 to 26, who are aging out of the foster system and need support — “because we all know that at 18 you don’t have the world figured out.”

“I never had the opportunity to be a participant of Just in Time,” she said. “However I love seeing all my youth grow into amazing young people.”

She credits Ramona for being a major part of her success transitioning out of the foster care system — “from school staff to families who took me in as their own.”

She is now married with two sons and said she loves to share her story and has a passion “to push our young people in the right direction.”

“At Just in Time, we focus on getting the youth confident, connected, and capable to be on their own,” she said. “We do this by providing items for their first apartments, teaching them financial literacy, getting connected with coaches or mentors who can push them into their careers, and being an extended family for them.”

The luncheon meeting will be in San Vicente Resort, 24157 San Vicente Road. Reservations are requested by Friday, March 24, either at the front desk of the resort or by calling Pam Molthen at 760-789-6659.

In addition to its luncheon meetings, San Vicente Valley Club has interest groups. Among them are Book Marks, Bridge Marathon, Lunch Bunch, Friends of the Library, Thursday Bunco, Thursday Scrabble, Monday Movie, Sunday Theater, and Dinner Divas.

More information about the club is at sanvicentevalleyclub.com and on its Facebook page.